Description: (Physicist)
Yuri Fyodorovich Orlov made significant contributions to particle accelerator physics and human rights activism. He played a vital role in founding the Moscow Helsinki Group and the Soviet Amnesty International group. Orlov's unwavering commitment to monitoring human rights led to his imprisonment and subsequent internal exile, where he was acknowledged as a prisoner of conscience. Following his release, he relocated to the U.S. and pursued a career as a physics professor at Cornell University.